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Public voters choose Harambe McHarambeface for a gorilla name at a zoo

A baby gorilla was named Harambe McHarambeface by a zoo after an online public vote, according to reports.

According to the Mirror Internet pranksters were believe to have hijacked the contest for naming the new gorilla and the winning name – with 93% of the online votes – turned out to be a the internet’s child of Harambe and Boaty McBoatface.

Jinhua Zoo was reported as saying it would use Harambe McHarambeface as the male gorilla’s English name, but his Chinese name would be Heijin as Harambe McHarambeface is impossible to translate.

The link was shared on social media in the US and as a result more than 73,000 people voted in favour of Harambe McHarambeface, according to the story which first emerged in the Boston Leader and spread rapidly.

Harambe was fatally shot at Cincinnati Zoo early this yeat after a boy fell into his cage